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Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice

Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice.Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode!And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is...

0700 – Post-Dialogue Attributions In Audiobook Narration

3 mins; November 30, 2022

0699 – Preparing a Text For Audiobook Narration

4 mins; November 29, 2022

0698 – Story-telling For A Young Audience

2 mins; November 28, 2022

0697 – Potential Problems When Voicing Audiobook Characters

2 mins; November 27, 2022

0696 – Voicing ‘Minor Characters’ in Audiobook Narration

3 mins; November 26, 2022

0695 – Audiobook Character Voices

4 mins; November 25, 2022

0694 – Projection And Pace For The Audiobook Narrator

2 mins; November 24, 2022

0693 – Impartiality For The Audiobook Narrator

2 mins; November 23, 2022

0692 – Analysis and Agility For The Audiobook Narrator

2 mins; November 22, 2022

0691 – The Audiobook Narrator’s *Own* Character

3 mins; November 21, 2022

0690 – The Narrator’s Various Points of Views

9 mins; November 20, 2022

0689 – Fiction Audiobook Narration Skills

2 mins; November 19, 2022

0688 – Non-Fiction Audiobook Narration Skills

3 mins; November 18, 2022

0687 – Vocal, Physical and Mental Health For Narration

2 mins; November 17, 2022

0686 – Clarity, Consistency and Concentration in Voice Acting

2 mins; November 16, 2022

0685 – ‘Punch And Roll’ Voice Recording

3 mins; November 15, 2022

0684 – Voice Over Eye>Brain>Mouth Control

2 mins; November 14, 2022

0683 – Narration Stamina

1 min; November 13, 2022

0682 – Natural Narration Foundations

2 mins; November 12, 2022

0681 – Audiobook Narration

2 mins; November 11, 2022

0680 – Voice Acting In Gaming

3 mins; November 10, 2022

0679 – Concatenation Concerns

2 mins; November 09, 2022

0678 – Character Creep

1 min; November 08, 2022

0677 – Keeping In Character

3 mins; November 07, 2022

0676 – Vocal Exaggeration In Animation

2 mins; November 06, 2022

0675 – Using Props To Get Into A Character Properly

4 mins; November 05, 2022

0674 – Be A ‘Moody’ Voice Actor

3 mins; November 04, 2022

0673 – Animation Attitudes

3 mins; November 03, 2022

0672 – More Non-Verbal Sounds in Voice Acting

50 secs; November 02, 2022

0671 – Non-Verbal Sounds in Voice Acting

4 mins; November 01, 2022

0670 – Voice Acting Mannerisms

9 mins; October 31, 2022

0669 – How Visuals Help Your Animation VoiceOver

7 mins; October 30, 2022

0668 – Getting An Animation Voice That Fits The Visuals

4 mins; October 29, 2022

0667 – Your Character’s ‘Voicernality’

3 mins; October 28, 2022

0666 – The Value of Creating Character Catchphrases

4 mins; October 27, 2022

0665 – Creating a Character Catalogue

7 mins; October 26, 2022

0664 – How To Steal A Character Voice

1 min; October 25, 2022

0663 – Creating a Cast of Core Character Voices

3 mins; October 24, 2022

0662 – Characters in Cartoons, Animations and Gaming Acting

5 mins; October 23, 2022

0661 – The Variety of Voiceover Opportunities 2

8 mins; October 22, 2022

0660 – The Variety of Voiceover Opportunities 1

6 mins; October 21, 2022

0659 – Specialised Scriptreading Skills

2 mins; October 20, 2022

0658 – Re-takes and Re-records

3 mins; October 19, 2022

0657 – Avoiding Studio Hiccups Caused By Hiccups

4 mins; October 18, 2022

0656 – On-Mic Panting

3 mins; October 17, 2022

0655 – Why We Get Studio Giggles

2 mins; October 16, 2022

0654 – Dead Good Advice On Studio Corpsing

2 mins; October 15, 2022

0653 – When your Insert Goes Down

4 mins; October 14, 2022

0652 – Classic Voice-Over Cock Ups

2 mins; October 13, 2022

0651 – When To Expect Verbal Trips and Slips

4 mins; October 12, 2022

0650 – Verbal Trips and Slips

5 mins; October 11, 2022

0649 – Practicing Talking To Time

3 mins; October 10, 2022

0648 – Talking To Time

1 min; October 09, 2022

0647 – Why We Hit Script-Reading Speed Bumps

3 mins; October 08, 2022

0646 – Speed-Reading

3 mins; October 07, 2022

0645 – Rehearsing Cold Reading

3 mins; October 06, 2022

0644 – Script-Reading and Peripheral Vision

2 mins; October 05, 2022

0643 – Warming Up To Cold Reads

1 min; October 04, 2022

0642 – Sight-Reading Scripts Tips

3 mins; October 03, 2022

0641 – Extracting Distracting Fillers 2

2 mins; October 02, 2022

0640 – Extracting Distracting Fillers 1

3 mins; October 01, 2022

0639 – Why “Umm” May Make You Sound Dumb

1 min; September 30, 2022

0638 – Do You Like “like”?

3 mins; September 29, 2022

0637 – Umm, Err, Well, Kinda

3 mins; September 28, 2022

0636 – Giving Good ‘Libbing’

9 mins; September 27, 2022

0635 – Killing Your Presentation With Bullets

6 mins; September 26, 2022

0634 – When To Ditch The Studio Script

6 mins; September 25, 2022

0633 – Other Voice Skills: Adlibs, Cold Reading and Talking To Time

3 mins; September 24, 2022

0632 – Giving Yourself Voice Direction

4 mins; September 23, 2022

0631 – Your Role As A Voice Script ‘Meaning Miner’

1 min; September 22, 2022

0630 – Voice-Over Studio Direction

5 mins; September 21, 2022

0629 – Getting Feedback On Your Voice

6 mins; September 20, 2022

0628 – Voice Over Guide Tracks

6 mins; September 19, 2022

0627 – How Voice Directors Can Help You Feel Part Of The Production Team

3 mins; September 18, 2022

0626 – The Limits Of Line-Reading

3 mins; September 17, 2022

0625 – Line-Reading For Voice Training

4 mins; September 16, 2022

0624 – What’s Really Happening in a 1-by-1 Voice Over Read

3 mins; September 15, 2022

0623 – Don’t Nix The Mix

3 mins; September 14, 2022

0622 – Take Your Time and Sound (More Than) Fine

2 mins; September 13, 2022

0621 – What To Do If Your Script Has Alarming Timings

2 mins; September 12, 2022

0620 – Don’t Introduce An Excuse For Your Poor Voice Performance

1 min; September 11, 2022

0619 – When It Hits That the Script Is Sh*t

2 mins; September 10, 2022

0618 – How To Return After A Verbal Slip

2 mins; September 09, 2022

0617 – How To Make A Sound Engineer Your Friend

2 mins; September 08, 2022

0616 – The Voice-Over Studio Workflow

5 mins; September 07, 2022

0615 – Voice Director Skills

5 mins; September 06, 2022

0614 – Talking About Studio Talkbacks

4 mins; September 05, 2022

0613 – How ‘Control Room Characters’ May Shape Your Voice

6 mins; September 04, 2022

0612 – Taking Voice Production Notes

2 mins; September 03, 2022

0611 – What To Take Into A Voice Recording Session

6 mins; September 02, 2022

0610 – Top ‘Studio Day’ Tips

5 mins; September 01, 2022

0609 – What Is Not In Your Briefs

4 mins; August 31, 2022

0608 – Your Voice Mixed With Music

5 mins; August 30, 2022

0607 – Your Voice Over Role

7 mins; August 29, 2022

0606 – Who Will Hear Your Voice?

4 mins; August 28, 2022

0605 – What’s In Your Briefs

6 mins; August 27, 2022

0604 – The Brief For A Voice-Over Recording

2 mins; August 26, 2022

0603 – Pre-Prep To Keep In Step

6 mins; August 25, 2022

0602 – On The Day Prep To Get A Better Voice

3 mins; August 24, 2022

0601 – How The Way We Sound Shapes Our Identities

2 mins; August 23, 2022

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